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Blog Post #396 – Two Burned in Torch Accident

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

2009-03-01
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Two Ontario companies were fined a total of $180,000 following an incident three years ago in which two workers sustained burn injuries.

Following a trial, Hard Rock Paving Company Limited and Hard Rock Construction Inc. were convicted and fined $120,000 and $60,000, respectively.

Blog Post #393 – Enbridge Gas Company, Utility Locator and Excavator Fined in Excess of $1.1 Million Total after Explosion

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., of North York, was fined $350,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after an explosion near a construction site. Precision Utility Limited, a Mississauga provider of underground pipeline location services, was fined $200,000 in relation to the same incident. In addition, Enbridge pleaded guilty to charges under sec. 9(2) of Ontario Regulation 210/91 under the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000 and was fined an additional $350,000. Furthermore, the excavator on this project, Warren Bitulithic Ltd. pleaded guilty in October of 2006 under the same regulation and was fined $225,000.

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